Beneficiary

Gift Naigaga

Naigaga Gift sat quietly outside their small home, watching other children in the village hurry off to school. She had long stopped asking her mother, Sarah, when she could go back. The answer was always the same a sigh, a weary look, and silence. Sarah, a widow living with HIV, carried the weight of her children’s needs on fragile shoulders. Every day was a battle to put food on the table, let alone afford school fees. Gift, along with her siblings, had been out of school for too long. She was bright, curious, and full of potential, but poverty had killed her dreams before they could even take flight. Then, hope arrived. When we found Gift, she was just another child left behind by circumstances beyond her control. But something in her eyes told a different story one of resilience and of a hunger to learn. Through sponsorship, she got that chance. With her school fees covered and a pathway to education opened, Gift walked into a classroom for the first time in a long while. At first, she struggled, catching up wasn’t easy, and self-doubt lingered. But as the days turned into months, she transformed. Her confidence grew, her grades improved, and soon, she was excelling